OTTAWA — In the months that followed news that Sen. Joyce Fairbairn had an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, some Canadians wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking him to have Fairbairn removed from office.

OTTAWA — As Sen. Joyce Fairbairn officially leaves the Senate, the Liberal leader in the upper chamber says there is no problem with the processes or procedures put in place to help senators with medical conditions, but those in the Red Chamber have to be more vigilant for future cases of mental illness, such as the Alzheimer's that afflicts Fairbairn.

OTTAWA — Days after Sen. Joyce Fairbairn told the Governor-General she would resign her seat in the Senate early next year, her colleagues in the Red Chamber had the first chance Tuesday to officially say something about her on the floor of the Senate.

OTTAWA — The Harper government’s contentious proposals to reform the Senate will pass through the upper chamber, despite some opposition from within Tory ranks, says the government leader in the Senate.

OTTAWA — Neither Sen. Joyce Fairbairn nor her party violated any rules when she attended the Senate after being diagnosed with dementia, experts say, but the requirements to be a member of the upper chamber could change in the coming weeks.

OTTAWA--The Liberal leadership in the Senate made a plea Tuesday for privacy for Sen. Joyce Fairbairn while she deals with "health challenges" and while the Senate deals with her future in what is an unprecedented case in the Upper Chamber's history.

OTTAWA — The Liberal leadership in the Senate allowed a veteran senator to vote on legislation and spend public dollars for four months after she was diagnosed with dementia and declared legally incompetent.

OTTAWA -- A stalwart Alberta-born Liberal senator who dedicated much of her public life to helping people with disabilities has been felled by a debilitating health condition that will likely end her political career.